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Originally Posted by sempuki
Technically correct, but utterly unrelated to her ability to do her job. Do your coworkers call you "White Man TurekFan"? Do you introduce yourself as "TurekFan the White Man"?
The only time it's appropriate to refer to somebody by solely by their gender, or because of their gender, is when you're discussing gender. Similarly you can refer to a person's race when you're discussing race -- but then again why are you discussing race? You feel you actually have a point to add that hasn't been already covered these last 200 years?
Point is there's no reason to do it at all, and it's a sign of ignorance, immaturity, or worse.
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I apologize, I know this isn't the place for it... However the picture of "appropriate" behavior you paint is just plain scary. So much so that I am not even sure how to respond to it. I am expected to believe it's not appropriate to identify someone based on a physical descriptor? What's next? I can't comment on hair color either?
I certainly get that the politically correct way to identify him is (centered) but this is going way over the top.